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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/223182-wg-governance/topic/governance%20discoverability/near/208588207" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Eric Huss <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/223182-wg-governance/topic/governance.20discoverability.html#208588207">(Aug 31 2020 at 17:14)</a>:</h4>
<p>Thought I'd share this (short) blog post about governance discoverability, which I found interesting: <a href="https://third-bit.com/2020/08/31/governance.html">https://third-bit.com/2020/08/31/governance.html</a></p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/223182-wg-governance/topic/governance%20discoverability/near/208590698" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> BatmanAoD (Kyle Strand) <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/223182-wg-governance/topic/governance.20discoverability.html#208590698">(Aug 31 2020 at 17:37)</a>:</h4>
<p>I like the idea. Rust's <code>CONTRIBUTING</code> is probably more helpful in this regard than most projects' would be; it links to the RFCs repository almost immediately after the table of contents. But otherwise, governance isn't really mentioned. There's a very short summary, mentioning the core team, in the <code>README</code>, but it's at the bottom of the document, in the "Trademark" section.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/223182-wg-governance/topic/governance%20discoverability/near/208590975" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> BatmanAoD (Kyle Strand) <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/223182-wg-governance/topic/governance.20discoverability.html#208590975">(Aug 31 2020 at 17:39)</a>:</h4>
<p>It seems the blog post is suggesting that <code>GOVERNANCE.md</code> would be the "official" source of truth regarding how governance works; since Rust's governance is officially documented by RFC 1068, I'm not sure if the <code>GOVERNANCE.md</code> file (if we were to adopt one) would simply have a brief explanation with links to the RFC and  to the "teams" page on the website, or if its content would largely be copied from the RFC itself.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/223182-wg-governance/topic/governance%20discoverability/near/208591158" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> BatmanAoD (Kyle Strand) <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/223182-wg-governance/topic/governance.20discoverability.html#208591158">(Aug 31 2020 at 17:41)</a>:</h4>
<p>I actually think the latter makes more sense: that way, as new RFCs or the actions of this WG change how governance works, they would always be reflected by changes in <code>GOVERNANCE.md</code>. Updating that file would be how governance-related RFCs are "implemented".</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/223182-wg-governance/topic/governance%20discoverability/near/208601259" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Josh Triplett <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/223182-wg-governance/topic/governance.20discoverability.html#208601259">(Aug 31 2020 at 19:01)</a>:</h4>
<p>/me would be interested in seeing that documented in such a way.</p>



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